Are you in need of some inexpensive hardwood?  Do you like auctions, or just enjoy a good (perhaps great) deal?

Buffalo Hardwood Flooring Auction

There is a hardwood flooring auction going on at Auctions International.  They are located in Cheektowaga, NY and are the online auction site that CIL Asset Recovery utilizes.  CIL is located in Hamburg, NY.

Take a look for yourself (click this listing above).  You can bid online.  Bidding is priced per square foot of flooring and you are purchasing the entire lot when you place a bid.

Buffalo Storage Unit Auction

Metro Storage Unit AUCTION!
Sat. August 6 @ 10AM
1575 Main Street,
Buffalo, NY

30 +/- Units!

Miscellaneous Household Goods Including: Chairs, Couches, Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Refrigerators, Kitchen & Dining Room Sets, TV’s, Mirrors, Lamps, Stereos, Mattresses, Box springs, Shelves, Bikes, Skateboards, Heaters, Décor, Grill, Tools, Toys AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

$50 Deposit per unit won – will be given back once unit is empty!
Registration starting 9AM sale day.

Cash Realty & Auctions
www.cashauction.com
716-885-2200

STORAGE WARS – Buffalo, NY

Storage Wars - Buffalo Storage Unit Auction

Storage Units – Live Public Auction – Private Property

June 20, 2011

MONDAY 10:00 AM

Bidder Registration Start at 9:30 AM

Please call 1-800-536-1401 x 110 for more information and questions about the auction.

Sale held at: StorEase Self Storage Click for directions

33 Peuquet Parkway, Tonawanda, NY 14150

DETAILS:

Harrison 7-Fillmore Location; Kuntz 30-Fillmore Location

via Live Auction Schedule – Auctions International, Inc..

December 2010 saw the premier of Storage Wars, A&E’s entry into the hot antiques and collectibles show space.  There are other shows with a similar theme such as Auction Hunters on Spike TV.

If you are based in the Buffalo area (WNY region), you too can join the storage locker auction frenzy and hope for the best (see below for details on a Jan 19, 2011 auction).  There are always storage auctions throughout the WNY region and one local site that will alert you to local storage locker auctions is auctionsinternational.com.

Auction Hunters - Spike TV

Expect the competition to be high and be prepared to meet local storage locker buyers who are fed up with all of the newbies (YOU!) entering their space. You win some, you lose some in the auction market but the big wins should make up for the duds.  With more competition fighting for the goods, the margins will get tighter and tighter. You should also ask yourself a couple of questions before bidding.

1. Do I have room for all of this junk (smelly junk)?
2. Will my significant other stick by me as I bring loads of stuff home?

The shows on TV are certainly fabricated to a degree. I am sure that they have made big finds in the past, but not at every auction. If you read the disclaimer the precedes the airing of the show, you will see that it essentially says that the items are examples of the finds that were made in the past.  My hunch is that they seed a single item for each show.  The hosts are good actors, but it is fairly obvious that they are “finding” items that have been placed to tell the story of the past find.

If you go to a storage auction, you might be entertained, or you might simply become disillusioned. I can tell you this, you will have a different view of shows like Storage Wars after your live auction experience.

Private Property - Live Auction - Storage Units
Jan 19, 2011 WED. AT 10:00 AM	Auction Starts at 10:00 AM – Bidder Registration starts at 9:30 AM Please call 1-800-536-1401 for more information and questions about the auction.
	Sale held at: Great Lakes Mini Storage Click for directions 1711 Union Road, West Seneca, NY 14224
	DETAILS: Koeppel – Unit E-4; Varley – Unit C-6; Weber – Unit B-24; Seifest – Unit J-2 + Outside Space (Boat); Karey – Unit B- 14, G-6, F-7; Cooper – Unit C-14

PS: If you come across my brother’s birth certificate, please forward it on.

Looking for office space in the Buffalo area?  We have a terrific location in Lancaster, NY that is perfect for 1 – 3 people.  The office is a nice size at 14 x 22 and can come furnished with 2 desks.

Office for Rent

This office is clean and bright and located on the 2nd floor.  The building is a professional office space that currently houses an insurance office, accountant, lawyer and payment processing business.

All utilities are included in the monthly rent payment of $385.  Central A/C is included.

• Free Internet service
• All utilities included
• No common area fees
• Ample parking (off street)

The office is located at 3725 Walden Avenue in Lancaster NY.  This is a terrific suburban location with high traffic counts in a growing area.

Click to inquire about the Office for Rent

This was an interesting find. When you are pulling apart a house that was built in 1889, you are likely to find some interesting things.  I must admit, there haven’t been too many with this latest project.  However, the plumbers had reading material in the upper bathroom and left a section of newspaper behind.  I was hoping to find some advertising from companies that are still around today, but there weren’t any that I recognized.  One interesting ad is for Zimmerman lumber. As it turns out, one of the family members (George J. Zimmerman) was the former mayor of the City of Buffalo.

Zimmerman Lumber Ad from 1919

We will be starting a new project in about two weeks.  It is a home located in a great neighborhood within the Village of Lancaster. The location is fantastic, the house…. not so much.   When buying a home to fix, that is what you want… The worst house on the best street.

This home is located in the Village of Lancaster (off Broadway) and is on a street that includes a mix of home styles.  There are even a number of older 2 family homes.  Our property was built in 1889 and that will have some challenges.  There will be some interesting issues to address with a home that was built in 1889. The oldest property that I have worked on was about 1920.

This was a 2 family home until the prior owner got tired of tenants above him and closed off the upper unit. He pulled the kitchen and had it reassessed as a single family home.  We are going to do a full conversion to a single family.  This will provide some challenges, but I think we will be able to pull off a modern floor plan with some big changes.  We are going to combine the current kitchen with a lower bedroom to provide a modern “open” design.  After the redesign, we will end up with a 4BR (3up, 1 down), 2 Bathroom home with a modern eat in kitchen.  There are 8 1/2′ ceilings on the first floor and this will compliment the open design.

Home renovation plan

There are a NUMBER of large issues with this renovation, not the least of which is the foundation work that is needed.  This will be a big project, but I feel that we will be working with a great contractor who can get things done quickly and properly.  They worked on our office renovation and we couldn’t have been more pleased with the work that was done there.  They have a motto “We Show up, Finish Up, Clean Up and Don’t Screw Up”

There are a couple of major repairs needed before we can even get started making this property look nice.  There is foundation work required and roof work required. There is water leaking now and that needs to be addressed right away.  The foundation is a rubble style foundation and needs to be shored up prior to any major work.

Check back for more as we get into this project.  We’ll include some pictures and video as we go along.

If your number one desire is to be on a beautiful street in a nice quiet village. Take a look at this house on Park Boulevard in Lancaster.

I can’t call it a bargain, but I would have to say that I would have expected a price about $5,000 – $10,000 above this number ($119,900). I lived on Park Boulevard for about 6 years and can attest to how nice the street is. The street dead ends at the creek and is a great mix of families of all ages.

http://realtyusa.com/357828

58 Park Boulevard, Lancaster, NY

M&T Bank is a Buffalo based bank. They publish a list of the foreclosures (bank owned properties or REO) that they have on their books. Most, if not all, of their properties can be found on their site at:

M&T Bank Foreclosures

Many of the listings from a bank like M and T will also be represented by a Realtor and found in the MLS (multiple listing service).